Bucks County Poets Laureate Details
Each Bucks County Poet Laureate receives a proclamation from the Bucks County Commissioners, a monetary award, and a reception at which the in-coming and out-going Poet Laureates read their original work. Poet Laureate official duties include writing a poem to honor the recipient of the Bucks County Women’s History Month award and helping judge the Bucks County High School Student Poet of the Year.
Current Poet Laureate: Carly Volpe
Former Bucks County Poets Laureate:
- 1977 Earl Mohn
- 1978 Christopher Bursk
- 1979 Judith Croxford
- 1980 Stan Heim
- 1981 Daniel Lusk
- 1982 Julie Cooper-Fratrik
- 1983 W.D. Ehrhart
- 1984 Pamela M. Perkins-Frederick
- 1985 Beverly Foss Stoughton
- 1986 Deborah Stevens
- 1987 Ellen Slack
- 1988 Charles Mann
- 1989 Cheryl Baldi
- 1990 Mary Coolidge Cost
- 1991 Hayden Saunier
- 1992 Charles Munoz
- 1993 Terence Culleton
- 1994 Janet Poland
- 1995 River Huston
- 1996 Rachel Astarte Piccione
- 1997 Sue Markley Okamoto
- 1998 Kurt Krumpholz
- 1999 Lynn Levin
- 2000 Joseph A. Chelius
- 2001 Allen Hoey
- 2002 Luray Gross
- 2003 Brian Lutz
- 2004 Bill Wunder
- 2005 Patricia Goodrich
- 2006 Marie Kane
- 2007 Marcia Kroll
- 2008 Paula Raimondo
- 2009 Bernadette McBride
- 2010 Lorraine Henrie Lins
- 2011 Corie Feiner
- 2012 Lara Adams Gaydos
- 2013 Alexa Gutter
- 2014 Sandra Becker
- 2015 Tyler Kline
- 2016 Laren McClung
- 2017 Katherine Falk